Was that posted by this same guy on another forum? He's signed up recently on a few asking the same question. No other first hand experience has popped up yet. Mine is just a few weeks old, but looks fine.

Stinks when you don't have a nice camera to take a nice picture of your...camera...doesn't it? lol.

Looks like that one took a pretty good scratch there. Abrasion damage of some kind. Maybe something in your bag is rubbing against it? Did someone borrow it and send it skidding across the table or something?

-Brian

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What kind of usage has it had? I mean if you've had 50,000 actuations then I'd sat it was just wear n'tear, but if you'e only taken 5,000 shots (approx. 1,000/month) which would be normal (but still high use) then I would have to say there might be either a design flaw or your specific body is somewhat defective. Or alternatively, you're throwing the camera around e.g. into your car/boot without keeping it in a padded case (unlikely though given the cost).